UK KS2

Story·Olivia Lee — A girl who visits a special tree daily finds a mysterious note warning that hunters are attacking animals in Croygami Woods.

Story·Lindsay Gale — A young flutist freezes with stage fright at a recital, flees the church, but finds courage watching sunlight on her flute and returns to perform triumphantly.

Personal Narrative·Iwan Lee — A child recalls the surprise trip to the airport to pick up their new puppy, Yoda, arriving from Korea on Halloween day.

Story·Aaron Bogner — An alien boy playing hide-and-seek accidentally gets sealed in a delivery box and shipped across his massive city before being discovered and returned home.

Personal Narrative·Lily Harlan — A fourth-grader recalls the day a tornado warning interrupted a phonics quiz, forcing students to shelter while wind rattled the shutters outside.

Personal Narrative·Carolina Ulloa-Compton — A four-year-old puts a bean in her ear during preschool nap time, keeps it secret for days, and finally gets it removed at a foreign object removal clinic.

Poetry·Luka Simpson-Khan — A witch narrates her daily routine of potion-making, mushroom hunting, fortune-telling, and mirror-breaking, all told with playful rhyming couplets.

Story·Beatrice C. de Baca — A girl who lives in a pumpkin house sells pies to buy a silk dress for a quinceañera, disguises herself to attend, but finds acceptance when her friend defends her.

Story·Ava Jamieson — A girl finds a dying kitten in the snow and her veterinary-student sister saves it, bringing the sisters closer after growing apart.

Poetry·Raya Ilieva — A girl and her brother search for an owl in the woods, find it perched on an oak tree, and watch in wonder until it flies away.